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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 28 Dec 2016

    2016: Worst. Year. Ever?http://nyti.ms/2hswWRV 

    5:47 PM - 28 Dec 2016
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      2. marc murdock‏ @marcmurd 28 Dec 2016
        Replying to @sapinker @nytimes

        1346-1353, Black Plague blankets Europe. Just sayin'

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      1.  ❌Deplorabot  ❤️ 🇺🇸‏ @buybuydandavis 28 Dec 2016
        Replying to @sapinker

        Brexit Trump Italian No Best year since the fall of the Berlin Wall!

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      2. SethTheFrank‏ @FranklySethB 28 Dec 2016
        Replying to @sapinker

        Didn't you write a book categorically stating that things are better?

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      3. Malcolm McMahon‏ @FulfordMalcolm 29 Dec 2016
        Replying to @FranklySethB @sapinker

        "Better Angels" shows things _have_ been getting better, it explicitly says this may or nay not continue

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      4. Malcolm McMahon‏ @FulfordMalcolm 29 Dec 2016
        Replying to @FulfordMalcolm @FranklySethB @sapinker

        Unreason was always going to fight back.

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      5. SethTheFrank‏ @FranklySethB 31 Dec 2016
        Replying to @FulfordMalcolm @sapinker

        Sadly we don't believe things because of reason or irrationality. Apparently it's mostly community that shapes us

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      6. Malcolm McMahon‏ @FulfordMalcolm 31 Dec 2016
        Replying to @FranklySethB @sapinker

        The real war is between neocortex and paleocortex; between thinking and feeling; enlightenment and romanticism

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      1. Graham Chivers  ✏️‏ @deepgreendesign 7 Jan 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        Only 666 days until America can reclaim US Congress, so 2017 & 2018 are still contenders. #CdnPoli #Science #USPoli #P2

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      1. jackbwater‏ @jackbwater 29 Dec 2016
        Replying to @sapinker

        Ever? What about any year of 1940-1945?

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      1. Peter Hodges‏ @punter05 29 Dec 2016
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        I'd rate 2016 the worst I've ever known Steve. As well as all the deaths, we have Trump as president.

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      1. Pablo Miguez‏ @pablomiguezdm 29 Dec 2016
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        2016 IS (not was!) the #yearofthereaper. But are people really saying it's the "worst year ever"? Not even the worst ending in 16.pic.twitter.com/FQUZHQMaES

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      1. Thomas Svenson‏ @tsvenson 29 Dec 2016
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        .@sapinker At least one thing many seems to agree on. Lets use that to not make 2017 even worse. Beginning to global consciousness?

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      1. Mark Scurry‏ @MarkScurry 28 Dec 2016
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        Good article. My answer is Not. Even. Close.

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